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Zimbabwe: Samson Mtukudzi's United States Tour Successful
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The Herald (Harare)
10 May 2008
Posted to the web 12 May 2008
Harare
Samson Mtukudzi says he had an eventful tour of the United States where he performed two shows alongside his friend Max Wilde.
Sam said fans mostly Zimbabweans living in the US were turned away after the shows were sold out.
"We had a brilliant show and an eventful one because most people were turned away. We connected well with the people and I said wow . . . my music is being appreciated.
"I took time to talk to some of the Zimbabweans living in the States and I could see how much they missed home. Some of them talk to you as if they have known you for years," he said.
Asked why he came back when most Zimbabweans would take advantage of such a trip to either overstay or remain in the Diaspora, Sam said home was his only choice.
"Home is always home and for me I love my country and no matter how successful I will still come back. The only time I might leave home is when I'm attending school outside the country," he said.
Sam left Zimbabwe last month at the invitation of Wilde, a Zimbabwean-based in the US to record a joint album.
Wilde, an upcoming saxophonist is son to renowned academic Flora Veit-wilde credited for -- among other things -- the autobiography of the late Dambudzo Marechera.
His first contact with Sam came after the two shared the stage at the annual Victoria Falls International Jazz Festival.
The two have recorded an album which is due for release either later this year or early next year and it features his father Oliver on a song called Teerera.
"Basically Max and I are creating a sound which has never been felt before and at the moment we have managed to fuse jazz which is what Max is into and my Zimbabwean contemporary music," Sam said.
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Commenting on his performance at the just ended Harare International Festival of the Arts, Sam said he felt honoured to share the stage with three superstars - Oliver, Louis Mhlanga and Steve Dyer.
"Its not like my father, Oliver had a bias towards his son but that it was in fact, the other artistes who said I should be there on stage.
"And for me that was an achievement and perhaps an indicator to where I'm going, and the mere mention of my name as one of the 'THE' artistes showed the progress I'm making musically" he said.
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